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Broadcast Date: Thursday, August 26, 2010

Time: 10:00 AM PT / 12:00 PM CT / 1:00 PM ET
Duration: One hour

Speakers:
Jeffrey Fredrick, Technical Evangelist, Urbancode, Inc.
Eric Minick, Lead Consultant, Urbancode, Inc.
Bob Aiello, Editor-in-Chief, CM Crossroads

While there is much discussion of implementing Continuous Integration at the team level there is less information available on implementing such automation in the Enterprise. Where does automation meet change management, approvals and process? How do we integrate our build systems to our deployment systems? In this lean economy there are plenty of rewards for companies who can answer these questions. Automation helps teams become more efficient, reduces waste, and improves consistency from project to project.

Join Urbancode's Jeffrey Fredrick and Eric Minick for a 1-hour discussion where they examine the role and limits of automation in an integrated strategy for moving software from source code to production release. Covered topics include:

• What is required in Enterprise Continuous Integration.
• The basics of distributed automation.
• Where automation can support the build-deploy-test-release process.
• How and why to use a build-promotion approach.
• Establishing an end-to-end audit trail.

About the Presenters:

Jeffrey Fredrick,
Technical Evangelist,
Urbancode, Inc.

Jeffrey Fredrick is an internationally recognized expert on Continuous Integration. As an 18-year veteran of the software industry Jeffrey brings the perspective of having performed and managed virtually every role in the software development lifecycle. An early adopter of XP and Agile software development, the top committer for CruiseControl, and with 9 years of leading continuous integration efforts, Jeffrey has consistently been at the forefront of the industry. Jeffrey is currently indulging his passion for improving how software is made as an Technical Evangelist at Urbancode, as the organizer of the Silicon Valley Agile Meetup, and as the Co-Organizer of the Continuous Integration and Testing Conference (CITCON).

Eric Minick,
Lead Consultant,
Urbancode, Inc.

Eric Minick is a lead consultant at Urbancode where he helps customers get the most out of their build and release processes with AnthillPro. He has 7 years of automation experience throughout the application life-cycle in roles as a developer, test automation engineer, and support engineer. Eric has been at the forefront of continuous integration for 5+ years and has worked on all three generations of Urbancode’s Anthill. Keep up with Eric’s latest insights on the Urbancode blog at http://www.anthillpro.com/blogs/

About the Sponsor:

Urbancode is the technical leader in Agile build and release management solutions since 2001. AnthillPro offers the only complete Enterprise Continuous Integration platform to get your builds and deployments under control: Replace manual script-driven bottlenecks with web-based self-service automation. Provide agility & control in harmony with fast feedback and audit trails. Customers in the financial, banking, insurance, software and high-tech industries achieve end-to-end automation using .NET, Java, and/or native technologies. Urbancode's unique products integrate with SCM, issue tracking, change management, test automation and IDE tools. Founded in 1996, Urbancode is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio.

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